PVH vs. VFC, RL, OXM, KTB, MAT, LBTYK, REYN, BFAM, LBTYA, and HRB
Should you be buying PVH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PVH include V.F. (VFC), Ralph Lauren (RL), Oxford Industries (OXM), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Mattel (MAT), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Liberty Global (LBTYA), and H&R Block (HRB). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
V.F. (NYSE:VFC) and PVH (NYSE:PVH) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. V.F. pays out -18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PVH pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. V.F. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PVH has lower revenue, but higher earnings than V.F.. V.F. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PVH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PVH had 16 more articles in the media than V.F.. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for PVH and 2 mentions for V.F.. V.F.'s average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat PVH's score of 0.17 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PVH received 45 more outperform votes than V.F. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.01% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote.
PVH has a net margin of 7.20% compared to PVH's net margin of -7.07%. PVH's return on equity of 19.03% beat V.F.'s return on equity.
V.F. has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PVH has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.
V.F. currently has a consensus price target of $17.88, indicating a potential upside of 41.75%. PVH has a consensus price target of $128.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.50%. Given PVH's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe V.F. is more favorable than PVH.
86.8% of V.F. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of PVH shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of V.F. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of PVH shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
PVH beats V.F. on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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